Improved machine for scouring leather



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIci-o WILLIAM M. CLARKE, OF BUTTERNUTS, NEW YORK.

IMPROVED MACHINE FOR SCOURING LEATHER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 49,606. dated August 29, 1865.

T0 all/whom it may concern: s

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. CLARKE, ofthe town of Butternuts, in the county of Otsego and State ot' New York, have invented a new and uset'ul Machine for Scouring and Setting Out Leather; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ot' the construction and operation ot' the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective View of the Inachine, A A A A being the frame; B B, a earriage; O O, a carriage moving on carriage B B. D is a rotary table rotating on carriage C O, on which the hides or leather are placed to be worked by the rubber or slicker M. E is the rubber-arm, which carries rubber M and hangs on whittietree H. F is a lever for raising the rubber-arm E out ofthe way when moving the leather to and from the table D. Gr is a connecting-rod, I, a pulley for belt, by which to apply mechanical power; K, crank and shaft for moving carriage B B by means ot' a cord,

B. B, running over pulleys N N N N. L is a spring to give Apressure or weight to rubberarm E by means of a connecting-rod, the position ot' which is shown by dotted lines on frame A. O O are friction-rollers on the under side of carriage B B. S S are friction-rollers on the carriage G (l to support the tableD in its rotary motion, T, a friction-roller running in groove on rubber-arm E, and attached to a rod extending up to spring L. V V are stops to prevent carriage O O from running off carriage B B. X X are guides to hold carriage O in its place. Z is the crank.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the rotary table D. The dotted lines represent the frictionrollers upon which it moves.

Fig. 3 is a view of ,-arriage C O. S S S S are friction-rollers, the same as are represented in Fig. 2. P P B I? are friction-rollers, upon which carriage O O moves.

Fig. et is a view of carriage B B. V V V V are pins or stops to prevent carriage O running oft' carriage B, as described in Fig. 1. WV is a iiat hook running in a groove on sill ofthe frame to prevent the carriage B from getting out of place.

Fig. 5 illustrates the movement of the rubber-arm E. The dotted lines show that the crank Z in revolving forces the connecting-rod Gr against the end of the rubber-arm E, thus raising the rubber-iron M from table D in its backward motion.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view of the frame A to show the shape ofthe rails on which carriage B moves.

Fig. 7 is an end view of the machine or frame A A, including Z, crank; F, lever, I, pulley; G, end ot' connecting-rod; E, end of rubberarm, heretofore described in Fig. 1.

In the working ot' my machine I place the leather or hides upon the table D. Then, as I ain able to move carriage B B by means ot' crank K in a longitudinal direction, carriage O O by hand in a transverse direction, and rotate table D at pleasure, l am able to bring every portion ofthe leather or hides under the working operation ofthe rubber M, which may bc made ot iron, glass, or stone. rlhe rubberarm E, being connected with crank Z, is, by any mechanical power attached to said crank or pulley I, made to carry the rubber M rapidly over the leather and rising from it in its backward motion, while by means of spring L more or less weight may be placed upon the rubber, as desired.

that I claim as my invention, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The frame A, as constructed, in combination with the rotary table D, carriages O and B, substantially inthe manner and for the purpose set forth.

2. rIhe carriagesB and O, opera-ting substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

3. The ropes lt, pulleys N, and crank-shaft K, operating the. carriages substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

4. The rotary table l), in combination with the carriages, substantially in the manner and for the purpose set forth.

5. The rubber-arm E, whifiietree H, lever F, connecting-rod G, spring L, and friction-roller I,with connecting-rod attached, the whole cornbined and operating substantially in the manner and for thc purpose herein set forth.

XVILLIAM M. CLARKE.

Witnesses E. U. COBB, D. N. HUED. 

